On graduating from Brooklyn Technical High School, Jim Pynn wanted a career in which he could do something every day for the environment.
“My father was a civil servant,” says Pynn (pronounced “pin”). “I was the oldest of eight kids, and there was no money for me to go to college. I knew I was going to be limited with just my high school background.
“My mother was concerned about me getting a stable job with good health care and a pension. I looked at what civil service had to offer, and wastewater treatment was about the only thing in the environmental
